# Event Details - **Event Name**: Childism, Children’s Rights and the Challenge of Children’s Empowerment - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 28 Nov, 2025 at 05:30 pm – Fri, 28 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm - **Event Description**: This public lecture will be delivered by John Wall, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Religion, and Childhood Studies.About this EventThis public lecture, hosted by the Children and Young People Thematic Hub and partners, is part of the Stewart Alan Robertson Lecture Series funded by the Robertson Endowment.Presentation title: Childism, Children’s Rights and the Challenge of Children’s EmpowermentSpeaker: About this eventThis talk introduces the concept of childism. Childism has emerged in academic and social movements in the past decade as a critical theory akin to feminism, anti-racism, and decolonialism. What is distinct about childism is that it focuses on the specific empowerment of children as children. Children are a third of the world’s population, yet they find themselves marginalised in many domains of politics, economics, climate policy, and cultural expression. All too often their human rights are not recognised nor realised. What kinds of adultism or patriarchy do children face? How are children and their allies fighting and organising against it? And how would greater responsiveness to children transform deeply-rooted beliefs and power structures?About the speakerJohn Wall is a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Religion, and Childhood Studies, and Director of the Childism Institute, at Rutgers University, United States. His nine books, journal articles and public media explore the intersection of political philosophy and children’s rights. He is best known for developing the critical theory of childism, or children’s social empowerment, as well as for research and advocacy around children’s rights to vote.This will be an in-person only event, held in the Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre, Old College, University of Edinburgh.For any enquiries, please contact us at MHSES-REI-Events@ed.ac.uk.We would like to acknowledge the support and collaborations for this lecture and the linked Talbot Rice Gallery Exhibition (‘The Children are Now’ Oct 2025-Feb 2026):The Binks HubCAHSS Challenge Investment Fund, University of EdinburghCentre for Research on Families and RelationshipsChildren’s ParliamentChildren and Young People Thematic Hub, MHSES University of EdinburghChildhood and Youth Theme, CAHSS University of EdinburghThe Talbot Rice GalleryPrivacy StatementWe will use your personal data to allow us to process your registration and communicate with you about the event. 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